Wrong General Deposit Account Number
Displayed on Electronic Acknowledgement Receipts
Due to an integration issue between EFS-Web and the USPTO’s new payment system,
electronic Acknowledgement Receipts for EFS-Web submissions between June 2,
2016 – September 17, 2016, may display the wrong general deposit account number
for fee pre-authorization(s).
To address this issue, the USPTO is generating corrected
acknowledgement receipts that display updated general deposit account
information to replace the previously generated acknowledgement receipts that
have the wrong deposit account number in the respective application’s Image
File Wrapper (IFW). By March 2017, the corrected receipts will be visible in
Private PAIR with the document description of “EFS Acknowledgment Receipt
(Corrected)” (doc code: N417.CORR). Therefore, it is not necessary for applicants
to request a corrected Acknowledgement Receipt.
EFS-Web submissions are impacted if they meet ALL of
the following criteria:
- The EFS-Web submission was submitted between
June 2, 2016 – September 17, 2016;
- A general deposit account was applied to
authorize the USPTO to charge any missing fees;
- Payment was processed using the new payment
system, Financial Manager; and
- Payment method for online processing was
different than the general deposit account number, i.e., (1) You paid with
credit/debit card or EFT and applied a general deposit account, or (2) You paid with a deposit account and used
a different deposit account for pre-authorization.
If you received an adverse action as a result of this error,
please contact the business unit that sent the action. If you have
questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at
1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - midnight ET, or by
email.